Kinship, Caste and Class · Class 12 History · Chapter 3
🏛️ Kinship, Caste and Class — Early Societies (c. 600 BCE–600 CE)
CBSE Class 12 Humanities & Commerce · History · Chapter 1
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| 90% | Kinship & marriage rules (patriliny, gotra exogamy, types) — 5-step template: patriliny + exceptions + gotra rules + marriage types/Draupadi + conclusion. | 8 MARKS |
| 100% | Source-based on a Mahabharata/Manusmriti excerpt — Identify text/episode + explain norm & tension + historian's use. | 5 MARKS |
| 75% | The varna order & how it was enforced — Four varnas + functions + birth-fixed status + Brahmana enforcement + jati reality. | 8 MARKS |
| 60% | Groups beyond the four varnas (untouchability, nishadas) — Chandala rules in Manusmriti + Fa Xian's clapper + nishadas/Ekalavya + prescriptive vs actual. | 5 MARKS |
| 70% | Mahabharata as a dynamic text / Critical Edition — Composed over ~1000 years + layered authorship + Sukthankar's BORI Critical Edition + regional variation. | 3 MARKS |
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